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Chapter 13

           

           Now,justasMrQuilplaidhishanduponthelock,andsawwithgreatastonishmentthatthefasteningswereundone,theknockingcameagainwiththemostirritatingviolence,andthedaylightwhichhadbeenshiningthroughthekey-holewasinterceptedontheoutsidebyahumaneye.Thedwarfwasverymuchexasperated,andwantingsomebodytowreakhisill-humourupon,determinedtodartoutsuddenly,andfavourMrsQuilpwithagentleacknowledgmentofherattentioninmakingthathideousuproar.

           Withthisview,hedrewbackthelockverysilentlyandsoftly,andopeningthedoorallatonce,pouncedoutuponthepersonontheotherside,whohadatthatmomentraisedtheknockerforanotherapplication,andatwhomthedwarfranheadfirst:throwingouthishandsandfeettogether,andbitingtheairinthefulnessofhismalice.

           Sofar,however,fromrushinguponsomebodywhoofferednoresistanceandimploredhismercy,MrQuilpwasnosoonerinthearmsoftheindividualwhomhehadtakenforhiswifethanhefoundhimselfcomplimentedwithtwostaggeringblowsonthehead,andtwomore,ofthesamequality,inthechest;andclosingwithhisassailant,suchashowerofbuffetsraineddownuponhispersonassufficedtoconvincehimthathewasinskilfulandexperiencedhands.Nothingdauntedbythisreception,heclungtighttohisopponent,andbitandhammeredawaywithsuchgood-willandheartiness,thatitwasatleastacoupleofminutesbeforehewasdislodged.

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